Healthy Homes / Healthy Swaps workshops - make 2020 the year of conscious consumption!

It has become more important than ever in the history of mankind that we become conscious consumers and start considering the impact of our choices on our health and that of the planet’s.  My mother’s recent passing from Alzheimer’s (which is not only preventable but also reversible if caught early enough) and the devastating fires currently sweeping my beloved country, are constant reminders of the fragility of life if we don’t tend and nurture it. It is the height of human arrogance to think that we can disregard ancestral wisdom that served us for millennia with no consequence.  

We no longer have the luxury of burying our heads in the sand and expecting change. If we want to live in a less toxic, more nourishing world WE (each of us at the grassroots level) need to be instigators of that change! 

Don’t put it off. We can’t afford to any more. Let 2020 be the year when:

• you start getting really curious about what you are REALLY putting in and on your body and where it’s ending up.

• you start kicking the toxins that are slowly poisoning us and the planet that are found in not only our food products but also in our personal care products and cleaning products (sadly just because it’s allowed to be sold doesn’t make it safe!). 

• you start buying from companies who are stewards of the planet. 

• you start healthy swapping and making more nourishing choices for you and your family. Because we ALWAYS have a choice. And I’m here to help you navigate those choices and to inspire and empower you to do so in a positive way without the overwhelm. One baby step at a time. 

Never underestimate how small changes can make a big impact on you, those who you care most about and the planet. It’s the small things we do each and every day that add up over time so that over the course of the forthcoming year you’ll look back and see just how far you’ve come. If you want to do “your bit” start with your home!

While I started my journey into leading a more conscious life with the food I was eating and kicking all the dietary toxins, I quickly came to the sobering realisation that we can not stop our health journey with nutrition. In addition to kicking dietary toxins, we also need to kick the environmental toxins that we can control. Shockingly, our greatest exposure to environmental toxicity is in our very own home! So being fastidious about what you eat but not paying heed to the slew of toxic ingredients found in conventional personal care products, cleaning products, make up, perfumes and pharmaceuticals makes no sense to me. In fact, what we put on our skin and breathe into our lungs is just as, if not more, important than the food we eat as our skin and lungs have no digestive filters! Hence my Healthy Homes/Healthy Swaps/Essential Oils workshops started many years ago to plug that gap and to help people in my community make simple, easy, healthy swaps in a very positive and empowering way to products that are all natural, non toxic, cost effective and super powerful.

My next Healthy Homes/Healthy Swaps/Essential Oils workshop (and the first one of the year) is February 25. Click here to learn more or to book. Bring a friend. Create a ripple effect. The more people who kick the toxins in their home, the happier and healthier our planet and its inhabitants will be. If you’ve already been, come again. Learn more. Bring more friends. Help me on my mission – we are all part of it. I’d really love to see you there.

Love Soulla xx

VALENTINE'S DAY 2020: WHEN LOVE BITES (AGAIN)

I express my love in many ways but one of the ways I instinctively express my love is through the creation of beautiful nourishing food made for those I care about…

To celebrate the International Day of Love we are offering our special raw cacao + rose petal LOVE BITES. These balls were so well received last year that we are rolling them out again this year (no pun intended). We formulated them by taking our signature raw cacao bliss balls and rolling them in organic rose petals for a decadent and sensual finish… and re-birthed them as LOVE BITES. 

Sold individually or in packs of 6, these are handmade on site at Broth Bar & Larder, using certified organic ingredients. 

Share a packet with your lover, your children (who are my greatest loves!), gift to a special person or indulge as a special gift to yourself! While Valentine’s Day might traditionally be a celebration of romantic love, I like to draw a broader bow and see it as a celebration of love in all its guises.

I hope they make your and your love one’s heart sing as much as my team and I have loved crafting them for you.

HOW TO PURCHASE:

These limited edition Valentine’s Day Love Bites can be purchased:

1. Via our online store (for Sydney and Wollongong residents) OR
2. In store from Broth Bar & Larder in Bronte and best to pre-order by calling 0421 786 009 OR
3. Email orders@staraniseorganic.com with your contact deets and we will take care of everything for you.

We have only made a limited amount and will not be making more when these sell out so please get in fast or pre-order to avoid disappointment.  Pre-order ends online Feb 13.

I hope your Valentine’s day is infused with bites of love...and remember that whatever we do, and why we do it, all comes back to love. To either feel loved or gift love. 

Soulla X

If you need to exercise to lose weight, then something is wrong with your diet

Our ancient DNA requires us to move and the benefits of doing so are indisputable especially in regards to cardiovascular health, mental health, osteo skeletal health, strength, stamina, muscle tone and increasing longevity. These are the primary reasons to move and to move daily in a way that our ancient DNA requires (walking, swimming, stretching, and functional movement like strength and interval training).

But if your primary motivation to exercise is to shed excess weight, then something is wrong with your diet. There’s no point flogging yourself in exercise if you’re eating a SAD (Standard Australia / American Diet) which is high in processed foods especially refined carbs. You cannot out train a bad diet!!

If you’re keen to drop excess fat, start with getting the diet right:

Eat what we are biologically designed to eat which is an omnivorous diet rich in nutrient-dense whole (unprocessed) foods where the focus is on the quality of the ingredients- namely their source and their processing.

Confused or curious to learn more? Invest in one of my all day FOOD AS MEDICINE GROUP TALKS:

> Melbourne Sat 23 May
> Sydney Sat 24 oct

I co-present these Food as Medicine with leading holistic dietician Marieke Rodenstein and our collective forte is to combine the wisdom of ancestral diets with the latest developments in nutritional medicine and robust science, to provide you with all the tools and resources you need on how to nourish your body and optimise your health. 

These talks have been described as “life changing” — keep scrolling to read just a few of our testimonials.  The way that you eat and live should be SUSTAINABLE, ENJOYABLE and NOURISHING to every cell of your body. Once you align your lifestyle factors with your biology, the excess weight will melt off. Scouts honour! Plus you’ll experience a myriad of health benefits you never thought possible. 

Make 2020 your best one yet and do it in a way that doesn’t feel like hard work but feels more like coming home - into a body that is simply the best possible version of yourself! 

“I attended your ’Food as Medicine’ and ’Essential Oils’ workshops in Melbourne a couple of weeks ago. It was honestly the best experience I have had in a long time. I felt as though I was busting with joy, being handed the blueprint for a life that has long appealed to me, but which I have struggled to implement. I feel awakened and informed, ready to wholeheartedly pursue a better life, nourishing my whole self as nature intended. I can’t thank you both enough for your amazing work, thank you for sharing your knowledge and empowering people to reclaim their health. I look forward to attending any future workshops you are running!”

— Lida

“This talk changed my life!”

— Ruby

“I am LOVING my high fat diet since the food is medicine workshop! I’m so much more satisfied and it’s helping with my food binges that I’ve been struggling with so much!!! ”

— Renee

“Soulla, thank you SO much for creating this amazing family. Thank you for the incredible work you do and for bringing so much joy and excitement into my life. I’m forever grateful to you for sharing your knowledge on food and diet & the 8 foundations of health. Your bone broth workshop has made my life SO much easier....I am so grateful to have come across the oils and your workshops and the challenge of then going on to host a gathering of my own & the pride and satisfaction of actually doing that. It brings me such comfort being able to connect with like minded mummas & not feel like a stranded person who is stuck at sea doing all this ‘crazy’ stuff (that I have no intention of stopping cos deep down I know it’s right). I seriously sat on that table yesterday eating that sensational soup just smiling. It was such a wonderful day and all of these people just blow my mind. They’re so beautiful and so friendly and then I got to shop at broth bar on the way home and fill my cupboard with all nutrient dense goodies!”

— Kerry

“Thanks again for such a wonderful and informative day yesterday. I have gained so much wisdom an empowerment from the session! ”

— Georgia

“One of my cherished values is ‘Optimal Health.’  The day really taught me the ‘fine tuning’ needed to really live this truth. I feel so blessed to have this information as there are so many people out there who are so sick, weak and depressed and have no idea why. I honestly feel that living to the principles you outline gives people ‘the edge’ in life and the brainpower to live an extraordinary life. How exciting. I’m looking forward to detoxifying my home and checking out the ‘pre-conception’ oil protocol through YL too. ”

— Rhoda